2023: What to Expect
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The time has come to re-evaluate Kazakhstan’s social contract. Is President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev up to the challenge?
Nepal’s political landscape after the November 2022 election looks disturbingly familiar – but there are some signs change is coming.
New controls, if maintained, enforced, and ultimately supported by allies, have the potential to reshape the world’s most consequential economic relationships.
With Taiwan entering its presidential campaign season, 2023 could be even more contentious than 2022.
Jiang is often given credit for China’s rapid economic growth in the 1990s. But perhaps he should be more remembered for a brutal crackdown.
Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Riyadh resulted in a rare diplomatic rebuke from Tehran.
Current discussions often highlight the role of the vocal protests in late November in shifting China’s zero COVID policy. But the shift had already begun in early November.
As one of the few top-level meetings held since China’s COVID U-turn, the CEWC’s messaging is especially important this year.
The war in Ukraine has driven a reassessment of national security and economic relationships in multiple countries, North and South Korea included.
Aside from visits by high-ranking LDP politicians, there are equally important, if less high-profile, changes Japan can make.
The three countries discussed ways to strengthen their joint commitment in the face of North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats.
For a regime that has become dependent on crypto to avoid sanctions and steal hard currency, FTX’s collapse couldn’t be more ill-timed.
Polio cases are being reported again in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where immunization workers battle vaccination resistance and militants’ guns.
Opportunities opened up for New Delhi to build influence in its neighborhood.
The profits may be high, but the risks involved are higher, especially in the context of attacks on Chinese nationals and interests in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The December 9 clash near Tawang was only the latest along the increasingly tense China-India border. A lack of clarity on where the border lies foments continued trouble.
It is a controversial issue in Indian politics as minorities and opposition parties see it as a vehicle for Hindu majoritarianism.
Just as Jakarta restricts physical access to Papua, the online equivalent involves blanketing social media platforms in a haze of vaguely supportive white noise.
In a first, Chinese maritime fleets are reportedly building up land features in the South China Sea on territory it doesn’t already occupy.
Vietnam’s proximity to China and lack of strategic depth limit its options in forming security partnerships with other great powers.
Anwar Ibrahim has secured the support of a healthy majority, but there are no ironclad guarantees over the longer term.
Regional engagement has increasingly transcended ASEAN through bilateral, trilateral, and plurilateral initiatives that are outside of the ASEAN framework.
In the early weeks after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, concerns soared that Central Asia’s migrant workers would suffer too. That’s not what happened.
The journey of Faromuz Irgashev from presidential hopeful to prison underscores Tajikistan’s total descent into authoritarianism.
Central Asia might actually be interested in Russian gas, but please don’t call it a “union.”
Kyrgyz students are discovering that a Chinese diploma isn’t a fast track to a high-paying job.
From the January 2022 summit to the recent NSA meeting, India has ramped up its outreach to Central Asia this year.
After a murky result in the December election, Fiji looks set for its first new prime minister in 16 years.
The NSW government’s “law and order” response to the COVID-19 pandemic led to significant fines on those least able to pay up.
That was the question at play in a recent court case involving a businessman with debts in China and land holdings in New Zealand.
Australia has an opportunity to establish itself as a global champion and a safe haven for children and women who have been victims of abuse.
The clash over U.S. trade policy is being closely watched by U.S. allies across Asia and beyond.
While the platform does face long-term issues, U.S. diplomats should continue using it – rather than ceding Twitter to Chinese influence.
The renewed focus on nuclear weapons amid the contest with China raises the risk of nuclear use – and reduces the likelihood of arms control talks.
Japan’s Self-Defense Force and Coast Guard announced new plans to strengthen cooperation to prepare for a military attack on Japan.
After the recent confirmed launch of a Hwasong-17 missile, it’s time to revisit claims that North Korea “faked” a previous launch.
Indonesia’s post-arrest countering violent extremism programs are intended to help prevent recidivism. What are the system’s current shortcomings?
Fears of China occupying Diego Garcia have no basis in reality and should not be a pretext for Britain retaining control of the islands.
Can soft power function without power? Yes, and Gandhi’s image on stamps worldwide is a case in point.
The authorities could not decide on a clear judgment against a highly fragmented and divided movement. In the space of that hesitation, the public turned the once unthinkable to the art of possible.
Despite the Indonesian public’s passion for the world game, the “Red and White” have consistently under-performed on the global stage.